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Paddle steaming on the Clyde is a summer ritual that deserves preserving | Ian Jackhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jul/29/ian-jack-paddle-steamers-clyde
As a cult, the Clyde steamer is at least as old&nbsp;as Britain's better-known devotion to steam locomotives<p>If there were to be a contest for the best British summer in living memory, I would vote for 1955. Meteorologically, that might be debated. Other summers since may well have been hotter and sunnier across the United Kingdom as a whole. But that summer in Scotland was glorious. Day after day the sky dawned blue, even in Port Glasgow, which is notorious for its rain, and where for a week that year I spent the first of my holidays with my uncle, aunt and cousins. One day we took a ferry and a double-decker bus to a beach near Dunoon. There, late in the afternoon, I looked up from the rocks to see a&nbsp;two-funnelled steamship come round the headland, gliding towards us like a small liner. "That'll be the wee Queen Mary," my uncle said, "going home to Glasgow from the Kyles of Bute."</p><p>To describe the effect as an epiphany would be going too far, but the sight of this pleasure steamer planted an interest in me (reinforced the same evening by sailing home on a ship where the crowds on deck sang to an accordion band) that grew into an enthusiasm, and in adolescence almost to an obsession, before falling back into a deep fondness that still persists. In 1955, pleasure fleets still sailed across the Bristol Channel, along the south coast and down the Thames, but neither in number nor style did any of them equal the fleet on the Clyde, where the geography demanded sea travel both in winter and summer, and which launched Europe's first sea-going steamship in 1812. As a cult, the Clyde steamer is at least as old (and was once just as fierce) as Britain's better-known devotion to steam locomotives.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jul/29/ian-jack-paddle-steamers-clyde">Continue reading...</a>ScotlandBoating holidaysGlasgow holidaysScotland holidaysFri, 29 Jul 2011 19:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jul/29/ian-jack-paddle-steamers-clydePhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/REUTERSThe Waverley still sails the river Clyde … but for how much longer? Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/REUTERSPhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/REUTERSThe Waverley still sails the river Clyde … but for how much longer? Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/REUTERSIan Jack2011-07-29T19:30:00ZAdventure holidays: hot tips for 2010https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/nov/01/25-best-adventure-holidays-2010
We asked the experts to reveal the trips they are most excited about – from Papua New Guinea's jungles to Greenland's ice floes <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/nov/01/25-best-adventure-holidays-2010">Continue reading...</a>Adventure travelWalking holidaysTravelCycling holidaysTurkey holidaysTimor-Leste holidaysIndia holidaysGeorgia holidaysPapua New Guinea holidaysLaos holidaysSri Lanka holidaysWildlife holidaysClimbing holidaysHorse riding holidaysKyrgyzstan holidaysBhutan holidaysGreenland holidaysPeru holidaysFalkland Islands holidaysRail travelAntarctica holidaysEurope holidaysScotland holidaysSicily holidaysFrance holidaysSafarisBoating holidaysUnited States holidaysSt Petersburg holidaysVenice holidaysWales holidaysEthiopia holidaysMali holidaysRwanda holidaysMalawi holidaysBotswana holidaysMorocco holidaysSun, 01 Nov 2009 00:07:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/nov/01/25-best-adventure-holidays-2010Photograph: Robert Van Der Hilst/Getty ImagesDiscover the Djenne Mosque, the largest mud structure in the world, in Mali. Photograph: Robert Van Der Hilst/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Robert Van Der Hilst/Getty ImagesDiscover the Djenne Mosque, the largest mud structure in the world, in Mali. Photograph: Robert Van Der Hilst/Getty ImagesNicola Iseard2009-11-01T00:07:27ZCheck out: a walk along the Caledonian Canalhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/mar/06/short-breaks-walking-holidays
<p>Like all walking trails, the Great Glen Way, which follows the Caledonian Canal as it traverses Scotland coast to coast, sounds lovely in principle. Problem is, it runs for 76 miles, a bit of a slog even for the most determined of trampers. But a new six-day holiday comes with a get-off-the-trail-free card, in the form of a fully-catered barge with en-suite cabins that follows you along the route. And if you fancy a day off, simply wave regally as you glide past the rest of the group huffing on-shore.</p><p>• Walks depart 4 and 11 April and 5 September, from £545pp. See <a href="http://tourdust.com/products/401">tourdust.com/products/401</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/mar/06/short-breaks-walking-holidays">Continue reading...</a>Short breaksWalking holidaysBoating holidaysTravelScotland holidaysSat, 07 Mar 2009 00:15:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/mar/06/short-breaks-walking-holidaysGuardian Staff2009-03-07T00:15:07ZExpert's and reader's tips: Boat tripshttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/mar/07/boatingholidays-london
Expert Nick Thorpe recommends Corryvreckan Whirlpool and a reader recommends the Regent's Canal<p><strong>Corryvreckan Whirlpool, off Jura, Inner Hebrides</strong> If you're feeling jaded and crave somewhere to get you going again, there's nowhere quite like the Corryvreckan Whirlpool. Famous as the place where George Orwell almost drowned while staying on Jura to write Nineteen Eighty-Four, this tidal anomaly off the north end of the Hebridean island is not for the fainthearted. The world's third largest whirlpool, caused by the peculiar topology of the seabed, throws up sinister boilings and bulges of water even at slack tide, and at full tide it can be terrifying. Approaching it one wintry day in November, I saw a line of white stretching right across the horizon that, as we got nearer, turned out to be an immense standing wave, about 10 feet high and crested with foam. I recommend chartering skipper Lindsay Johnston, whose boat, Sea Leopard, is small enough to lurch in the fearsome undertow, but has enough horsepower to get you out of trouble if the "hag of winter" throws up one of these spectacular walls of water. <br><strong>Nick Thorpe, author, Adrift in Caledonia (<a href="http://nickthorpe.co.uk">nickthorpe.co.uk</a>)</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/mar/07/boatingholidays-london">Continue reading...</a>Boating holidaysLondon holidaysScotland holidaysTravelSat, 07 Mar 2009 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/mar/07/boatingholidays-londonPhotograph: Sarah Lee/GuardianSail away ... the Regent's Canal. Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: Sarah Lee/GuardianSail away ... the Regent's Canal. Photograph: GuardianGuardian Staff2009-03-07T00:01:00ZIf you want a fantastic break but don't want to fly ... step into our holiday clinichttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/jun/08/budget.horseriding
Small children, smaller budgets, the planet - flying is a plane no-no for many reasons. Our expert panel suggest top trips for readers wanting to keep their feet on the ground<p>'I want to go the distance, but slowly', <strong>Kate Daniels, 55, family therapist, from London</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/jun/08/budget.horseriding">Continue reading...</a>Budget travelHorse riding holidaysHotelsBoating holidaysRail travelWalking holidaysVenice holidaysUnited Kingdom holidaysFrance holidaysScotland holidaysSpain holidaysRoad tripsDublin holidaysSailing holidaysDenmark holidaysDevon holidaysCornwall holidaysWales holidaysGreen travelCycling holidaysWater sports holidaysIsle of Wight holidaysNetherlands holidaysTravelEurope holidaysSat, 07 Jun 2008 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/jun/08/budget.horseridingInterviews by Jane Dunford2008-06-07T23:01:00ZTop 100 flight free holidays: Car-free UKhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/26/top100.flightfreeholidays1
Think it's impossible to enjoy the countryside without getting behind the wheel? Here are ten suggestions on how you can<p>The British countryside: invigorating, beguiling, endlessly picturesque and, as we all know, entirely untroubled by public transport. The received wisdom is that, unless you own a car, it is simply not possible to get a quick fix of greenery. The problem with received wisdom, of course, is that it is often tosh. Comforted by this thought, my girlfriend and I donned our rucksacks<br>and set off from the capital in search of a couple of days of fields, trees and<br>open skies.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/26/top100.flightfreeholidays1">Continue reading...</a>Top 100 flight free holidaysUnited Kingdom holidaysRail travelGreen travelAdventure travelShort breaksBeach holidaysCycling holidaysCamping holidaysBoating holidaysHotelsYorkshire holidaysScotland holidaysSuffolk holidaysLake District holidaysTravelTravel and transportGreenhouse gas emissionsCarbon footprintsEthical and green livingClimate changeEnvironmentTransportUK newsSat, 26 Apr 2008 13:13:54 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/26/top100.flightfreeholidays1Photograph: The Travel Library/Rex FeaturesGet in training ... the North Yorkshire Moors railway. Photograph: The Travel Library/Rex FeaturesPhotograph: The Travel Library/Rex FeaturesGet in training ... the North Yorkshire Moors railway. Photograph: The Travel Library/Rex FeaturesDixe Wills2008-04-26T13:13:54ZTop 100 flight free holidays: On waterhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/26/top100.flightfreeholidays
The prospect of another summer of airport delays, extra security and lost luggage looms. But you can avoid the chaos - turn to water as a means for travel and accommodation<p>Coming into harbour, the easterly wind picks up, scalping white caps off the heads of waves. Ahead a fishing boat, rusty and battered around the bows, punches into the chop of water, then turns south. The radio crackles to life on the bridge of our boat, the Glen Massan, and the engines are cut back, giving time for a ferry to dart out of the narrow harbour entrance. A pair of seals bob up near the rocks and watch our progress towards the pretty waterfront, the houses brightly painted and the castle romantically ruined and overgrown. Behind us are snow-peaked mountains, hillsides drizzled with golden gorse and lined with sunlight, then below in the water the sudden leap of a porpoise. This is a cruise, I remind myself, but not one of those anodyne luxury hotels on water, rather a true salty experience with itineraries that change with the winds and a trawl-net of wonderful experiences. No need, either, for planes or airports since we're sailing into Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula, unbelievably just 40 miles from Glasgow.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/26/top100.flightfreeholidays">Continue reading...</a>Top 100 flight free holidaysCruisesBoating holidaysGreen travelWater sports holidaysAdventure travelShort breaksUnited Kingdom holidaysIreland holidaysFrance holidaysNorway holidaysChannel Islands holidaysNew York holidaysGermany holidaysScotland holidaysTravelTravel and transportGreenhouse gas emissionsCarbon footprintsEthical and green livingClimate changeEnvironmentTransportUK newsFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:07:25 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/26/top100.flightfreeholidaysPhotograph: PR'A true salty experience' ... cruising on a converted fishing trawlerPhotograph: PR'A true salty experience' ... cruising on a converted fishing trawlerKevin Rushby2008-04-25T23:07:25ZTips on hiking and biking in the British Isleshttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/uk.shortbreaks
Fancy an adventure closer to home? These isles have everything, for hikers and bikers and wannabe circumnavigators - and none of it costs the earth<p><strong>Journey time: From eight hours to two days</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/uk.shortbreaks">Continue reading...</a>United Kingdom holidaysShort breaksTravelGreen travelIsle of Wight holidaysBristol holidaysBath holidaysScotland holidaysCycling holidaysRail travelClimbing holidaysSailing holidaysBoating holidaysLife and styleHealth and fitness holidaysSat, 01 Mar 2008 00:14:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/uk.shortbreaksPhotograph: W.A. Sharman/CorbisThe Iron Road to the Isles ... the beautiful train ride connecting Glasgow and the west coast of Scotland. Photograph: CorbisPhotograph: W.A. Sharman/CorbisThe Iron Road to the Isles ... the beautiful train ride connecting Glasgow and the west coast of Scotland. Photograph: CorbisGuardian Staff2008-03-01T00:14:23ZBest of British waterwayshttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/feb/10/saturday.boatingholidays.green1
<p>I'd definitely plump for the non-tidal Thames Valley up to Oxford. True, there are over-hyped restaurants such as the Waterside Inn and the Fat Duck in Bray, but I'd rather eat at the Riverside Brasserie (<a href="http://www.riversidebrasserie.co.uk">riversidebrasserie.co.uk</a>). It's located at Bray Marina, doesn't cost an arm and a leg, the food's fantastic and you can eat outdoors in touching distance of the river (re-opens end of March and you'll need to book ahead). There are some outstanding gastro pubs, too, in idyllic villages like Whitchurch (the Ferryboat) and Hurley (Black Boys Inn). The Trout Inn at Godstow Bridge near Oxford should not be missed by Inspector Morse fans. Throw in a regatta or boatload of Eton scullers, beneath the soaring fortifications of Windsor Castle and all you'll need is the Pimm's on board.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/feb/10/saturday.boatingholidays.green1">Continue reading...</a>TravelBoating holidaysGreen travelUnited Kingdom holidaysRest and relaxationLondon holidaysLiverpool holidaysLeeds holidaysScotland holidaysSat, 10 Feb 2007 23:54:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/feb/10/saturday.boatingholidays.green1Photograph: Ben Curtis/PAKnockout view ... Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. Photograph: PA/Ben CurtisPhotograph: Ben Curtis/PAKnockout view ... Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. Photograph: PA/Ben CurtisPaul Gogarty2007-02-10T23:54:44Z